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Le Printemps n’a point tant de fleurs, L’automne tant de raisins meurs, L’esté tant de chaleurs haslées, L’hyver tant de froides gelées : Ny la mer n’a tant de poisons Ny la Beauce tant de moyssons Ny la Bretagne tant d’arenes, Ny l’Auvergne tant de fontaines, Ny la nuict tant de clairs flambeaux Ny les forests tant de rameaux Que je porte au cueur, ma maitresse, Pour vous de peine et de tristesse.
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), appears in Nouvelle continuation des Amours, first published 1556 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", published 1607 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 19, Paris, Pierre Ballard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolas Chevereau (b. 1989), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", 2014, published 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Ronsard pour baryton et piano, no. 2, Éd. du compositeur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Groz , "Le Printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", op. 8 no. 5, published [1910] [ voice and piano ], from Les Amours de Marie, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Chanson", 1963, copyright © 1980, first performed 1965 [ medium voice and flute ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
Spring has not as many flowers, Autumn as many ripe grapes, Summer as many burning heats, Winter as many freezing colds, Nor the sea so many fish, Nor Beauce so many crops, Nor Brittany so many sands, Nor the Auvergne so many springs, Nor the night so many bright torches, Nor the forests so many branches, As I bear in my heart, my mistress, Pains and sadness for you.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), appears in Nouvelle continuation des Amours, first published 1556
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 69